Winter Storm Warning

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
...A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
.A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SPREADING HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE AREA. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY MOVE IN AS THE
PRECIPITATION LINGERS...LIKELY CHANGING RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND
ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL FINALLY
TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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BELL-HARLAN-LETCHER-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MIDDLESBORO...PINEVILLE...CUMBERLAND...
HARLAN...JENKINS...WHITESBURG
424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM
EST THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR A WINTRY MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH
IS IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER
STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY EVENING...CHANGING PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A
MIXTURE OF FREEZING RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN SNOW. FREEZING RAIN
AND ACCUMULATING SLEET WILL LIKELY BEGIN AFTER MIDNIGHT
WEDNESDAY NIGHT...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW BY DAWN THURSDAY.
SNOW WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY EVENING.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS GENERALLY LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH ARE
POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...ROADS WILL DEVELOP SLICK SPOTS AS RAIN CHANGES OVER TO
FREEZING RAIN. IN ADDITION...HEAVY WET SNOW FALLING ON TOP OF
THESE SLICK ROADWAYS WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT AND HAZARDOUS.
PLEASE TAKE EXTREME CAUTION AND AVOID UNNECESSARY TRAVEL IF
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR SNOW...SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW AND ICE ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE
TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST
TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT... FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR
VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
&&
$$
JMW

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
...A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
.A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SPREADING HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE AREA. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY MOVE IN AS THE
PRECIPITATION LINGERS...LIKELY CHANGING RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND
ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL FINALLY
TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
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ROCKCASTLE-JACKSON-PULASKI-LAUREL-WAYNE-MCCREARY-WHITLEY-KNOX-
JOHNSON-MAGOFFIN-FLOYD-BREATHITT-KNOTT-OWSLEY-PERRY-CLAY-LESLIE-
MARTIN-PIKE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BRODHEAD...MOUNT VERNON...MCKEE...
ANNVILLE...BURNSIDE...SOMERSET...LONDON...MONTICELLO...STEARNS...
WHITLEY CITY...CORBIN...WILLIAMSBURG...BARBOURVILLE...
PAINTSVILLE...SALYERSVILLE...PRESTONSBURG...WHEELWRIGHT...
JACKSON...HINDMAN...PIPPA PASSES...BOONEVILLE...HAZARD...
MANCHESTER...HYDEN...INEZ...COAL RUN...ELKHORN CITY...PIKEVILLE...
SOUTH WILLIAMSON
424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 7 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR RAIN...SLEET...AND SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7
PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO
LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING
PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF FREEZING
RAIN...SLEET...AND THEN SNOW. FREEZING RAIN AND ACCUMULATING
SLEET WILL BEGIN WEDNESDAY EVENING...TRANSITIONING TO ALL SNOW
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. SNOW SHOULD LIGHTEN
AND TAPER OFF BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 3 TO 7 INCHES...WITH ICE
ACCUMULATIONS OF LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* IMPACTS...SNOW OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT TO
TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF THIS SNOW
WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO LEAD TO
DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
&&
$$

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON KY
424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
...A HEAVY WINTRY MIX OF SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN
POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON...
.A SLOW-MOVING COLD FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN
KENTUCKY TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY...SPREADING HEAVY RAINFALL
ACROSS THE AREA. COLDER AIR WILL GRADUALLY MOVE IN AS THE
PRECIPITATION LINGERS...LIKELY CHANGING RAIN TO A MIXTURE OF
SNOW...SLEET...AND FREEZING RAIN...WITH SOME SIGNIFICANT SNOW AND
ICE ACCUMULATIONS POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA. SNOW WILL FINALLY
TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
KYZ058>060-104-106-108-111-041100-
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/O.NEW.KJKL.WS.W.0004.150304T2100Z-150305T1800Z/
ESTILL-POWELL-MENIFEE-ELLIOTT-MORGAN-WOLFE-LEE-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...IRVINE...RAVENNA...CLAY CITY...
STANTON...FRENCHBURG...SANDY HOOK...WEST LIBERTY...CAMPTON...
BEATTYVILLE
424 PM EST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM WEDNESDAY TO 1 PM EST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A WINTER STORM
WARNING FOR SLEET AND HEAVY WET SNOW...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 4
PM TO 1 PM THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN
EFFECT.
* TIMING...COLDER AIR WILL MOVE IN FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...CHANGING
PRECIPITATION FROM RAIN...TO A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND SLEET DURING
THE LATE AFTERNOON ON WEDNESDAY. THE PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED
TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY MIDNIGHT WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SNOW
WILL LIGHTEN AND TAPER OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON.
* SNOW AND SLEET ACCUMULATIONS OF 7 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.
* IMPACTS...SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF THIS MAGNITUDE WILL MAKE TRAVEL
DIFFICULT TO TREACHEROUS. IN ADDITION...THE HEAVY WET NATURE OF
THIS SNOW WILL CAUSE STRESS ON WEAK STRUCTURES AND COULD ALSO
LEAD TO DOWNED POWER LINES AND TREES WITH SOME POWER OUTAGES
POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING FOR HEAVY SNOW AND SLEET MEANS SEVERE
WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF
SNOW ARE FORECAST THAT WILL MAKE TRAVEL DANGEROUS. ONLY TRAVEL IN
AN EMERGENCY. IF YOU MUST TRAVEL...KEEP AN EXTRA FLASHLIGHT...
FOOD...AND WATER IN YOUR VEHICLE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY.
&&
$$

URGENT - WINTER WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NASHVILLE TN
314 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...A WINTER STORM WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS AROUND AND NORTH
OF INTERSTATE 40...
...A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR AREAS SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40...
.A STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING PLENTY OF
RAIN THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT FOLLOWED BY MIXED PRECIPITATION AND
FINALLY SNOW LATER IN THE DAY WEDNESDAY. AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES
OVERNIGHT INTO THE DAY WEDNESDAY...PRECIPITATION WILL SWITCH FROM
RAIN...TO A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN...TO SLEET AND SNOW DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS...AND FINALLY TO ALL SNOW
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST OVERNIGHT. SNOWFALL AND SLEET
ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE BETWEEN 2 TO 5 INCHES...WITH FREEZING RAIN
CAUSING ICE ACCUMULATION AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH AS WELL.
MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP WEDNESDAY EVENING AS
THE WINTRY PRECIPITATION SPREADS OVER THE AREA. IN FACT...MAJOR
TRAVEL IMPACTS WILL LIKELY LAST ALL THE WAY INTO FRIDAY AFTERNOON
SINCE TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW THE FREEZING MARK
THURSDAY AND MUCH OF FRIDAY. LOW TEMPERATURES IN MANY AREAS FRIDAY
MORNING ARE EXPECTED TO REACH THE SINGLE DIGITS.
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SUMNER-MACON-CLAY-PICKETT-DAVIDSON-WILSON-TROUSDALE-SMITH-JACKSON-
PUTNAM-OVERTON-FENTRESS-DE KALB-WHITE-CUMBERLAND-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GALLATIN...LAFAYETTE...CELINA...
BYRDSTOWN...NASHVILLE...LEBANON...MOUNT JULIET...HARTSVILLE...
CARTHAGE...GAINESBORO...COOKEVILLE...LIVINGSTON...JAMESTOWN...
SMITHVILLE...SPARTA...CROSSVILLE
314 PM CST TUE MAR 3 2015
...WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST
THURSDAY...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN NASHVILLE HAS ISSUED A WINTER
STORM WARNING FOR 2 TO 4 INCHES OF SNOW...WITH SOME LIGHT ICE
ACCUMULATION...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM WEDNESDAY TO NOON CST
THURSDAY. THE WINTER STORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT.
* TIMING...FROM 6 PM CST WEDNESDAY THROUGH NOON CST THURSDAY.
* ACCUMULATIONS...2 TO 4 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE HIGHEST
AMOUNTS CLOSER TO THE KENTUCKY STATE LINE AND INTERSTATE
65...AND LOWEST AROUND INTERSTATE 40. FREEZING RAIN ACCUMULATIONS
ARE EXPECTED TO BE AROUND A TENTH OF AN INCH.
* MAIN IMPACT...PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY BE RAIN IN THE MORNING
AND EARLY AFTERNOON...THEN MIX WITH FREEZING RAIN AND SLEET
DURING THE MID TO LATE AFTERNOON. SNOW SHOULD DEVELOP DURING THE
LATE AFTERNOON FOR AREAS CLOSER TO INTERSTATE 65 AND IN THE
EVENING FOR THE CUMBERLAND PLATEAU. THIS MIXED PRECIPITATION
WILL CREATE MAJOR TRAVEL IMPACTS FROM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
* OTHER IMPACTS...TEMPERATURES ARE LIKELY TO STAY BELOW FREEZING
FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MID DAY FRIDAY. THIS WILL LIKELY
KEEP MANY ROADWAYS SLICK AND HAZARDOUS FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD
OF TIME.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A WINTER STORM WARNING MEANS SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW...
SLEET...AND ICE ARE EXPECTED OR OCCURRING. STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL VERY HAZARDOUS OR IMPOSSIBLE.
&&
$$